So tired of people saying they're going to do something and then never doing it, making it my problem to clean up. Sometimes you need to sacrifice your free time to do what needs to be done. It's not about finding the time, you need to MAKE the time. Christ I want my own place.

The almighty Youtube algorithm has decided that Mass Effect is once again my single focus interest. This is some old gift art from an old friend who has seemingly disappeared off the face of the net. Meet Tyrrell (yes as in the F1 team), now that I'm an adult with money I have plans for this d00d.

I wish brain dancing was real

This is not what you want to see on the packaging for an "OEM" part for a Japanese car....hope I didn't get scammed....

I found the astrophotography setting on my phone. Not as crazy as other photos but it was nice

Used a break in the rain to experiment. Wasn't sure how well it would work since this is fake chrome plastic, but it came up really really nicely. Hard to show in photos but there's a "crust" of oxidation on the left photo that I removed in the right. Video at t.me/foxxodetail

Got the car back and it's never felt better. New intake pipe in yellow just for fun. Car now feels alive in the low/mid range outside of OPC mode. Just glad it's no longer in danger of grenading. Now to just clean it up of mechanic garage nastys :D

Worked on @mitchd03.bsky.social 's RedZed last weekend for presale to get some extra $$$. Didn't go too hard in the correction area as it's very much in need of entire respray, but I think it came out splendidly. Interior images and video can be found on my Detailing channel! t.me/foxxodetail

Essence of just in the nick of time...alternatively good job GM for building an engine that does explode immediately when it breaks? Main tensioner siezed, water pump drive chain guide snapped, that chains tensioner exploded, 30% of the oil pickup clogged with garbage, intake pipe broken...

I hate that I love CounterStrike, its the perfect FPS game but its near impossible to play in the low tiers. I'm not good by any means, but I'd like to be matched with others who are just as not good thanks...

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I tested out Carpros microfibre/pad cleaner and uh, it appears one of my drying towels bled a little blue into the pads. This was a very bright yellow....

I'm gonna say it, the Zootopia 2 trailer was kinda mid.

Ads on YouTube are out of control. An ad before the video started and then another 30s 1min in. No wonder everyone's trying everything they can to block them in any way shape or form.

So that's a first...

Been waiting to get this kit for 8 years now. Opportunity came up on 2nd hand market for 1/2 price retail, took it immediately.

Also happy get fucked Duttplug day

Today my first paying client, Drewbys Focus! I'd consider this an 85% correction because there were some deeper scratches I wasn't exactly comfortable trying to get out but overally very nice looking paint now.

Considering doing something that might be silly. The Lancer has 180k km on the odo, which is a lot, so it's resale value is basically nil. I drive maybe 500km a month now, so why shouldn't I just....daily the Lancer? Sell the Astras and just work on making the Lancer as good as it can be?

at this point, I don’t know how you could be a car enthusiast who isn’t an urbanist - walkable neighborhoods, mobility for everyone, trains (just, broadly, the existence of trains, ferries and busses too) and less traffic so my science projects don’t overheat? seriously Matt has the right idea here

Casual reminder to check up on your introvert friend who thinks they are not part of a group; they are for sure part of ot and are open to join whenever they like but feel they need to be invited to. Because self value is hard and a lil assurance can help. If you care for them, let them in and know.

Aww yeah time for Poverty month, aka I spent waaaaaay too much money in the last and am poor. Essentials ONLY but one fun purchase a week. This week that belongs to some new foam pads! detailingshed.com.au/collections/...

lmoa

We're back baby

So close to getting it back on the road

t.me/foxxodetail I document all my detailing work here on Telegram. I'm still a hobbyist at the end of the day but if you'd like to try and recover your older vehicle, let me know and I can take a look!

We did a silly and polished flames into Mr Safety @mitchd03.bsky.social

Also, new power tool! We'll see how good it actually is but theoretically this'll let me do a lot more intricate areas

In other news, detailing workshop went fantastically and I now have a piece of paper that says I know what I'm doing! Absolutely stoked to hear an industry veteran say my work was perfect after two passes on my test square. So much more confident to do paint correction and ceramic coats now.

Twitter politics is bleeding into Bsky, what do I need to do to remove it. I want this to remain for funny animal people

That feeling of impending doom as you can feel yourself coming down with a cold and you know what comes next. Yeah this sucks

Daniel should have been in the Red Bull and everyone knows it.

t.me/foxxodetail New detailing project on the go, come find me on tele :)

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

Nu fans for da pootah. Only $15ea at PCCG

A few closeups of the oil pump failure, can see there's an entire chunk taken out of the distribution plate and there's just tonnes of wear and tear on the sprockets.

Evo is el fixerino'd, big thanks to @mitchd03.bsky.social for doing the thing I was too scared and definitely not qualified to do, much less scary noises. We'll start with the oil pump itself which we took apart today.

It's fun how they're not nearly as whacky as they look in still images

Mr safety got an upgrade, can you guess what it is?

Super stoked about how clean the Evo engine is after 180k km, and it's not from putting in Valvoline restore+protect either, it's just super clean. Nothing in the oil pan either, nothing blocking pickup so no wear on the internals. Thing is just reliable as all hell.

Me logging into bluesky everyday seeing people I’ve known for 10+ years being finally being unabashed and out there about the weird ass freaky shit they’re into but I love and support them anyway because they are well adjusted and kind hearted people that treat everyone respectfully

So in exchange for @mitchd03.bsky.social doing the Evos oil pump, I was tasked with cleaning the Pathfinder. Easily the dirtiest interior I've done so far. Given it actually goes offroad hes excused for the mess :D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6tU... This man can do no wrong goddamn

In complete contrast, Forza 3 and 4 feel like complete and utter rubbish on the wheel compared to GT. Like it's just night and day between the two series. Seems like T10 gave up a lot for comfortable gamepad play.

The utter irony of this notification